King of Creation
Chapter 465 - 459: Four Symbols Sword Formation

Chapter 465: Chapter 459: Four Symbols Sword Formation

As Ye Zhen delved deeper into the comprehension of the Sword Dao contained within the Golden Fragmented Sword, the golden Origin Sword Vein within the First Sword Vein was rapidly increasing, and the Vein Forging extent of the First Sword Vein was growing at a constant rate.

As the Vein Forging extent of the First Sword Vein neared perfection, Ye Zhen’s First Sword Vein faintly showed signs of condensing into the form of a sword, with the sword tip and blade already fully formed; only the left side of the hilt guard was left to consolidate before a golden giant sword would be formed.

Ye Zhen estimated that when the Vein Forging extent of the Sword Heart Enlightenment within the First Sword Vein reached perfection from 99%, that golden giant sword would condense into being.

Many Martial Artists of the Soul Sea Realm could not achieve the Vein Forging Divine Ability in their entire lifetime, but it would manifest prematurely in Ye Zhen.

However, complete success in forging the Sword Heart Enlightenment Vein held little expectation for Ye Zhen now.

After all, before this, Ye Zhen had already enjoyed the benefits of Sword Heart Enlightenment; it was just that he couldn’t immediately enter it. After the complete success in Vein Forging, Ye Zhen could at any moment enter the state of Sword Heart Enlightenment.

Besides this, there wasn’t much of a difference from before the Vein Forging was completed.

In the end, although Sword Heart Enlightenment is a Vein Forging Divine Skill, it’s just an auxiliary Divine Power Martial Skill, and it simply can’t compare with the Green Jade Handprint of Qiyun Sect Leader Guo Qijing or the Four Symbols Dragon Spirit Divine Power Martial Skill of Sect Master Yu Ruhai from Sword Origin Sect.

Now that the Vein Forging is about to be completed, it merely prevents Ye Zhen’s prematurely occupied First Sword Vein from becoming a Wasted Vein, so there’s little sense of anticipation.

What Ye Zhen was looking forward to now was the strange pulsation coming from beneath the ground.

Half a day ago, as the Vein Forging extent of Ye Zhen’s First Sword Vein reached 99%, he sensed a new discovery in the strange underground pulsation.

Resonance!

Faintly, Ye Zhen found that he could produce a very faint resonance with the strange underground pulsation.

This resonance wasn’t based on Divine Soul contact but originated from the Sword Heart Enlightenment of the First Sword Vein that Ye Zhen was about to forge completely.

Moreover, the First Sword Vein was only able to resonate with the strange underground pulsation when Ye Zhen stimulated the Sword Manual of Extinction.

This was also a discovery by chance for Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen found that when he focused his mind on the First Sword Vein, the strange pulsation from deep underground could change in accordance with the frequency of the trembling of the Sword Heart Enlightenment within his First Sword Vein, following Ye Zhen’s breathing.

After discovering this, Ye Zhen intentionally changed the trembling frequency of the Sword Heart Enlightenment in the First Sword Vein several times, and quickly realized that the pulsation from underground also changed its rhythm at the same moment.

It happened several times in a row.

This gave Ye Zhen an odd feeling.

It was as if the strange pulsation from deep underground was like a naughty child mimicking speech; no matter what kind of frequency Ye Zhen produced, it would hurriedly change to match.

And faintly, Ye Zhen could feel a sense of excitement from the strange pulsation.

Initially, Ye Zhen thought it was his illusion.

But under the double effect of the Sword Heart Enlightenment and the Sword Manual of Extinction, Ye Zhen couldn’t think of anything else that could give him such an illusion?

Ye Zhen was confident that with the dual reinforcement of the Sword Heart Enlightenment and the Sword Manual of Extinction, even if Qiyun Sect Leader Guo Qijing himself came, he could not affect Ye Zhen’s perceptions.

"What exactly is this strange pulsation from deep underground?"

"If the Vein Forging extent of my Sword Heart Enlightenment within the First Sword Vein reaches perfection, will there be further changes in the strange pulsation from deep underground?"

Ye Zhen was very expectant!

Although Ye Zhen was very expectant, he was also very anxious.

Ye Zhen understood that Sword Origin Sect had not left him with much time.

Counting the time since Ye Zhen seized the Golden Fragmented Sword to now, more than a day and a night had passed since the disciples of Sword Origin Sect notified their Sect.

According to Ye Zhen’s estimation, the large group sent by Sword Origin Sect for retribution, even if delayed, would arrive within two hours at most.

But such a long time had passed, and not only were there no signs of elders from Sword Origin Sect coming for retribution and pursuit, but even the shadow of anyone from Sword Origin Sect was nowhere to be seen.

Disciples of Sword Origin Sect who were cultivating around Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, upon discovering Ye Zhen, immediately fled without a trace, afraid of calamity.

Normally, Sword Origin Sect would arrive at Spirit Sword Grave Mountain within half a day or a day, but now, a day and a night had passed without any sign.

Ye Zhen felt that it wasn’t due to any internal issues within Sword Origin Sect, but that Sword Origin Sect was planning something!

Ye Zhen was more inclined to believe the latter; the likelihood of some upheaval in Sword Origin Sect was extremely slim.

If that was the case, then Ye Zhen’s current situation was very dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Sword Origin Sect would definitely center their plan around Ye Zhen, scheming something.

In such a situation, the best and most prudent plan for Ye Zhen would be to leave Spirit Sword Grave Mountain as quickly as possible to possibly avoid unknown dangers.

But the strange pulsation from deep underground had Ye Zhen hooked!

Ye Zhen had an inexplicable sense of anticipation, eager for the moment when the Vein Forging of the Sword Heart Enlightenment within the First Sword Vein would be completed.

With this expectation and entanglement, the adventuring gene in Ye Zhen’s blood once again took the upper hand.

Actually, every adventure fundamentally relies on strength.

Ye Zhen made such an adventurous decision because he was confident that, with his Heavenly Thunder of Fright, even if he were caught red-handed by the Sect Leader Yu Ruhai of the Sword Origin Sect, Ye Zhen could still leave with ease.

What made Ye Zhen take such a risk was also the unique environment of the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain!

Around Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, the sword Qi crisscrossed, and the earth vein’s spiritual power was wildly unrivaled. In it also lay the terrifying power of the Sword Dao, which made it impossible to lead or apply formation deployments.

In that case, Ye Zhen did not need to worry about being caught in a grand formation set by someone from afar.

Otherwise, even if the strange rhythm from beneath the ground gave Ye Zhen much hope, he would not dare to linger here — wouldn’t that be courting death?

"In another two hours, perhaps I might complete the Vein Forging..."

"I wonder if the Sword Origin Sect will give me that time..."

Ye Zhen looked up at the distant sky. There was still not a trace of anyone, which made him somewhat secretly pleased. But he did not know if the Sword Origin Sect would give him that time.

It was only now that Ye Zhen realized that the Sword Scar Stones on the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain were actually a holy land for comprehending the Sword Dao.

Previously, when Ye Zhen was comprehending the Sword Dao on the Sword Scar Stones, due to the slow speed of comprehension, he had not noticed anything unusual.

Only after obtaining the Golden Fragmented Sword, when his understanding of the Sword Dao rapidly improved, did Ye Zhen realize that when his mind resonated with the strange rhythm from beneath the ground, the act of comprehending the Sword Dao in the Golden Fragmented Sword had an effect of achieving twice the result with half the effort.

It was quite magical!

As for the reasoning behind it, Ye Zhen could not articulate any explanation.

However, when Ye Zhen activated both Sword Heart Enlightenment and the Sword Manual of Extinction at the same time, he could sense the strange rhythm from beneath the ground, and the speed of his Sword Dao comprehension would invisibly speed up.

Occasionally, when the strange rhythm from beneath the ground disappeared for a while, Ye Zhen found that the speed of his Sword Dao comprehension would suddenly drop, as if the Sword Dao contained within the Golden Fragmented Sword had suddenly become obscure and difficult to understand.

In such a situation, it took Ye Zhen more than a day and a night to almost fully comprehend the Sword Dao within the Golden Fragmented Sword.

Of course, the guiding role of the Sword Manual of Extinction was also very important. It was a combined effect!

....

As Ye Zhen muttered to himself, three hundred miles away from the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain, a dark mass of more than a hundred people gathered together, led by none other than the Sect Master of the Sword Origin Sect, Yu Ruhai.

At this time, over a hundred people gathered here, with nearly all the elite forces of the Sword Origin Sect assembled.

Apart from the thirteen remaining Sect Elders, the Sect Master also brought ninety-six deacons whose Cultivation was stuck at the peaks of the Spirit Transformation Realm and the Spirit Transformation Realm.

These ninety-six Foreign Affairs Elders were divided into four groups, each specializing in the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird Sword Arrangements, with twenty-four people in each group.

If twenty-four people were to form a preliminary Sword Array, even martial artists at the peak of the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm could be severely injured, and they had even managed to kill martial artists of the Fifth Realm of the Soul Sea in the past.

The ninety-six martial artists who specialized in the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird Sword Arrangements could join forces to deploy the Four Symbols Sword Formation. Under the Four Symbols Sword Formation, even powerful individuals in the Vein Forging Realm could be trapped and seriously injured.

This time, Yu Ruhai brought the Four Symbols Sword Formation specifically to deal with the Qiyun Sect Leader, Guo Qijing.

Yu Ruhai reckoned that with his strength, after several encounters with Guo Qijing, they were evenly matched, and with the addition of the War Soul Blood Flag, he would still end up at a disadvantage.

To capture the Qiyun Sect Leader Guo Qijing, the Four Symbols Sword Formation had to take action.

The Four Symbols Sword Formation alone could trap a Vein Forging Realm expert, and if controlled by him, a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse, it might be possible to kill the Qiyun Sect Leader Guo Qijing on the spot.

If he could kill Guo Qijing, it meant that the Sword Origin Empire might be able to annex the Black Water Kingdom and become the first great nation in the Black Dragon Domain.

The Sword Origin Sect would also become the number one Great Sect in the Black Dragon Domain.

Just thinking about this made the heart of the Sect Master of the Sword Origin Sect, Yu Ruhai, skip a beat or two uncontrollably—the prospect was just too enticing.

"Sect Leader, all personnel have arrived. Let’s proceed with the plan!" The just-arrived Second Elder Kong Shan nodded to Yu Ruhai.

"Good!"

As he nodded, Yu Ruhai’s gaze turned to all the people behind him.

"The plan I’ve just explained to you all, have you all got it clear?"

"Clear, Sect Master!"

"Sect Master, we all know!"

"Good! Then let’s execute according to plan! But let me tell you, if anyone dares to leak our whereabouts today and spoil my grand scheme, I will have his head!" The Sect Master of the Sword Origin Sect, Yu Ruhai’s expression suddenly turned fierce!

"Please rest assured, Sect Leader!" the hundred or so people all replied in unison!

"Good, take action now!"

Following the wave of the Sword Origin Sect’s Sect Master, Yu Ruhai, over a hundred Sword Origin Sect experts swiftly descended from the sky to the ground, then careful to conceal their tracks, they quickly moved towards the direction of the Spirit Sword Grave Mountain! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly passes on QiDian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)